World Heritage Sites

World Heritage Sites

Australia

• Sydney Opera House

China

• Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
• Mogao Caves
• Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries – Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
• Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
• Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth” (Shaolin Temple)
• Longmen Grottoes
• Mount Huangshan
• Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
• Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (Terracotta Army)
• Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (Forbidden City)
• Great Wall of China
• Summer P alace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
• Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
• Historic Centre of Macao
• Fujian Tulou
• Kulangsu: a Historic International Settlement
• Wulingyuan and Historic Interest Areas
• Dazu Rock Carvings
• Yungang Grottoes

Czech Republic

• Historic Centre of Prague
• Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec

Denmark

• Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church

Ecuador

• City of Quito
• Galapagos Islands

France

• Paris: Banks of the Seine
• Palace and Park of Versailles
• Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
• Mont Saint-Michel and Its Bay
• Chartres Cathedral

Greece

• Archaeological Site of Delphi
• Acropolis

Hungary

• Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
• Hortobágy National Park – the Puszta
  

  India

• Taj Mahal
• Fatehpur Sikri
• Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
• Red Fort Complex
• Qutb Minar and Its Monuments, Delhi
• The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
• Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi
• Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Latvia

• Historic Centre of Riga
  

  Lesotho

  • Maloti-Drakensberg Park

Morocco

• Ksar of Ait Ben-Haddou
• Medina of Fez
• Medina of Marrakesh
• Rabat: Modern Capital and Historic City – A Shared Heritage

Netherlands

• Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
• Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht

Norway

• Bryggen
• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Philippines

• Baroque Churches of the Philippines

Portugal

• Cultural Landscape of Sintra
• Historic Center of Evora
• Monastery of Hieronymites and Belem Tower in Lisbon

Spain

• Alhambra, Generalife, and Albayzin
• Historic City of Toledo

South Africa

• Robben Island
• Cape Floral Region Protected Area
• Maloti-Drakensberg Park

South Korea

• Changdeokgung Palace Complex
• Jongmyo Shrine

Sweden

• Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun

Turkey

• Archaeological Site of Troy
• Ephesus
• Historic Areas of Istanbul
• Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale

Ukraine

• Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

• Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
• Tower of London

United States

• Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings (Taliesin West, Guggenheim Museum)
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Statue of Liberty
• Independence Hall
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Yellowstone National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Chaco Culture (Aztec Ruins National Monument)